El Porto Beach surf break

El Porto Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 PDT
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El Porto Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Porto Beach sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Porto Beach today?

The current surf forecast for El Porto Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

Table - waves today at El Porto Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
0.9
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)1814151515151615161616165666211414141414147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7080104107875738606364122646274121537233333353523231
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
10
WSW
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
1.73
10:27PM
1.24
9:52AM
1.74
11:06PM
1.16
10:13AM
1.72
11:48PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
0.04
3:38AM
0.54
4:51PM
0.02
3:56AM
0.63
5:26PM
0.05
4:13AM
0.73
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:12-------6:10-------6:09----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192121201918181717191920191817171718191918181818
Feels °C (?)202120191817171617181616161717161717181817191919
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Porto Beach (light winds from the S at Santa Monica Airport 12 km from El Porto Beach). 0.3m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 3s local chop from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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